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Jevon Holland – October 24, 2021 (Postgame)

Sunday, October 24, 2021
Postgame – Atlanta

S Jevon Holland

Q: Can you take us through the deep touchdown play to Russell Gage. What was the defense there? What broke down?

JEVON HOLLAND: It’s kind of a tough situation. The defense that we’re in, it’s just a play that we miscommunicated on. It happens, but we needed capitalize on that, and so we’re back to the drawing board and be better next week.

Q: It looked like on the one pass to Kyle Pitts at the end there on the sideline, you and Xavien Howard were all over him. You took a good shot at him, he still held on. What can you say about how tough this guy is and how hard it is to separate him from the ball?

JEVON HOLLAND: Kyle (Pitts) is a hell of a player. That’s one of my good friends. He is a ballplayer. You saw that out there. He is a tough guy. Grit. You saw that in college, so the NFL is the best of the best. That’s why he is out there, he is playing.

Q: Second straight week of losing at the end of the game on a field goal. How is that demoralizing to the locker room. Is it that extra added pressure on you guys?

JEVON HOLLAND: It’s tough. You’re right there, and then a field goal separated it. Yeah, it’s tough, but we got to stick together as a team, come back ready next week. We’re grown, so we got to make grown man decisions.

Q: You guys take the lead. You know that Matt Ryan has time, and like you just mentioned about Kyle, and he is going to be looking for Kyle Pitts a lot. Just elaborate more, what is it? Did you foresee this kind of success he would have in this league? I know he came in as very, very highly rated and what actually makes him so difficult as a cover?

JEVON HOLLAND: I would say Kyle (Pitts) is a big athletic tight end so it adds a mismatch to the smaller corners. Not necessarily the smaller corners. He is, like, 6’5, 248. He is a big guy and with athletic ability, and he can go up and get the ball. Pair that with Matt Ryan, who is a really great quarterback. It’s a dangerous combination. You saw that out there, and that’s a great team. That’s a good team. They went out there and they capitalized on the opportunities that they had, and they came out with the W. That’s what it is. Game of inches. That’s what football is.

Q: Can you walk us through that hit you put on Calvin Ridley to draw the ball loose?

JEVON HOLLAND: Our coaches work us on something called one shot to find the angle. Any time there’s a post or anything like that or a nine route, you have one opportunity to make the tackle. If not, you know, they can score a touchdown or whatnot, get a first down. I just went through my keys like we do every day, and executed what our coach taught me in practice. That’s basically what it is.

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